Jay Wright Forrester (born July 14, 1918-) is a pioneer American computer engineer, systems scientist and was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Forrester is known as the founder of System Dynamics, which deals with the simulation of interactions between objects in dynamic systems.

Biography[link]

Forrester was born in 1918 on a cattle ranch near Anselmo, Nebraska. His early interest in electricity was possibly sparked by the fact that the ranch had none. While in high school, he built a wind-driven 12-volt electrical system using old car parts—it gave the ranch its first electric power.^[1] After finishing high school, he had received a scholarship to go to the Agricultural College. Three weeks before enrolling, he realized a future of herding cattle in Nebraska winter blizzards had never appealed to him. So in 1936 he enrolled in the Engineering College at the University of Nebraska to study electrical engineering. As it turns out this study was about the only academic field with a solid, central core of theoretical dynamics.^[2]

After finishing the University in 1939 he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to become a research assistant and eventually spend his entire career. In his first year at MIT he was commandeered by Gordon S. Brown who was the pioneer in "feedback control systems" at MIT. During WWII his work with Gordon Brown was in developing servomechanisms for the control of radar antennas and gun mounts. This work was research toward a practical end that ran from mathematical theory to the operating field. Experimental units were installed on the USS Lexington, and, when they stopped working, he volunteered to go to Pearl Harbor in 1942. He fixed the problem when the ship sailed off-shore during the invasion of Tarawa.^[2]

At the end of the war, at MIT, Forrester in 1944 began development of an advanced aircraft flight simulator. The simulator, originally conceived as an analog computer, evolved to become the Whirlwind digital computer for experimental development of military combat information systems. Around 1949, the Navy was losing interest in Whirlwind and considered scrapping it. Then, in August, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb. Relations between the US and its former ally had so deteriorated that this event inspired alarm throughout the government, and people in the military realized that computers would be essential in the defense of the country now that the USSR had the capacity to attack from afar. Whirlwind, as the Navy's most advanced computer, suddenly looked good again.^[1]The Air Force, faced with the complexities of ground-controlled intercept, then entered the picture. Whirlwind then, in turn, evolved to become SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), the central albeit distributed locus of NORAD's air defense command, control, communication and intercept system for North America.^[2] Forrester continued his research in electrical and computer engineering until 1956. By then he felt the pioneering days in digital computers were over and he left engineering to go into management.

In 1956, Forrester moved to the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he is currently Germeshausen Professor Emeritus and Senior Lecturer. Application of his engineering view of electrical systems to the field of human systems would break new ground. Forrester focused on concrete experimental studies of organizational policy. He used computer simulations to analyze social systems and predict the implications of different models. This method came to be called "system dynamics," and Forrester came to be recognized as its creator.^[1]

In 1982, he received the IEEE Computer Pioneer Award.^[3] In 1989, he received the National Medal of Technology.^[4] In 1995 he was made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum. In 2006, he was inducted into the Operational Research Hall of Fame.

Work[link]

Forrester is the founder of System Dynamics, which deals with the simulation of interactions between objects in dynamic systems. Jay Forrester is also known for his researches that led to the modern idea of supply chain management. During the late 1950s Forrester and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed many ideas and theories that later became the cornerstones of supply chain management.^[5]

See also[link]

Systems science portal

• Magnetic core memory
• DYNAMO (programming language)

Publications[link]

Forrester has written several books, articles and papers. Books, a selection:

• 1961. Industrial dynamics. Waltham, MA: Pegasus Communications.
• 1968. Principles of Systems, 2nd ed. Pegasus Communications.
• 1969. Urban Dynamics. Pegasus Communications.
• 1971. World Dynamics. Wright-Allen Press.
• 1975. Collected Papers of Jay W. Forrester. Pegasus Communications.

Articles and papers, a selection:

• 1958. "Industrial Dynamics--A Major Breakthrough for Decision Makers.", in: Harvard Business Review, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 37–66.
• 1968, Market Growth as Influenced by Capital Investment.^[6]
• 1971, Counterintuitive Behavior of Social Systems. ^[7]
• 1989, System Dynamics and the Lessons of 35 Years.
• 1991, The Beginning of System Dynamics.^[8]
• 1992, System Dynamics and Learner-Centered-Learning in Kindergarten through 12th Grade Education.^[9]
• 1994, Learning through Systems Dynamics as preparation for the 21st Century. ^[10]
• 1996, System Dynamics and K–12 Teachers.^[11]
• 1998, Designing the Future.^[12]
• 1999, System Dynamics: the Foundation Under Systems Thinking. ^[13]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Selected papers by Forrester.
• Video lecture on Systems Dynamics by Forrester

Jay Wright may refer to:

• Jay Wright (basketball) (born 1961), basketball coach
• Jay Wright (poet) (born 1935), winner of the 2005 Bollingen Prize

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Greg Daniel Wright (born 30 August 1979) is a former English cricketer. Wright was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

Wright made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Northumberland. Wright played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1999 to 2002, which included 13 Minor Counties Championship matches^[1] and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.^[2] In 2001, he made his only List A appearance against the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.^[3] In this match, he was dismissed for a single run by Mark Hodgkiss.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Greg Wright at ESPNcricinfo
• Greg Wright at CricketArchive

Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23, 1976) is an American model, actress, reality television contestant and winner of Dancing with the Stars in Season 1. She is well known for playing the character of Sam McCall on the soap opera General Hospital, a role she originated in 2003.

Career[link]

Modeling[link]

In April 1997, Monaco became the Playboy Playmate of the Month. Throughout her tenure with Playboy in the 1990s, Monaco was also featured in many Playboy Special Edition publications.

Monaco made numerous cover appearances in other magazines such as FHM and Maxim. Along with her Maxim cover feature in 2005,^[2] the magazine also placed her at #88 on their annual Hot 100 List in May 2006.^[3] In 2009, Monaco was named Maxim's number one sexiest cover model of the decade.^[4]

Acting[link]

Monaco's first television role was on the nighttime drama Baywatch from 1997 to 1998. In addition to playing the role of Susan on the show, Monaco also was Carmen Electra's body double at times, as Electra could not swim^{[citation needed]}. Monaco also had minor roles in the late 1990s films BASEketball, Idle Hands, and Mumford.

Monaco had two roles on the television soap opera Port Charles: Olivia “Livvie” Locke Morley (1999–2003) and Tess Ramsey (2002–2003). When that program ended, she joined the cast of soap opera General Hospital as Samantha Morgan in September 2003.

In 2003, Monaco was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role on Port Charles. In 2006, Monaco was again nominated for a Daytime Emmy, this time for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Sam McCall on General Hospital. In 2006, Monaco also co-hosted the 33rd Annual Daytime Emmys, with Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron.

In March 2009, Monaco was chosen by Donald Trump and Paula Shugart to be one of the judges for the 2009 Miss USA pageant.

Monaco stars on the E! reality television series Dirty Soap, which premiered on September 25, 2011.^[5]

Dancing[link]

Monaco was a cast member, and the season winner, on the ABC reality television series Dancing with the Stars, during its first season in 2005. Among the events that she experienced prior to her victory were a near-wardrobe malfunction in which the skimpy strap on her dress during a Latin dance number came apart.^[6][7]

In February 2009, Monaco expanded her dancing résumé with Peepshow, a burlesque act directed by Tony Award-winning director Jerry Mitchell that plays at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Monaco starred as Bo Peep, a precocious character who discovers her sexuality throughout the show.^[8] Monaco starred alongside singer and fellow Dancing with the Stars contestant Mel B, aka Scary Spice,^[9] until June 2009, when Monaco's contract expired and she was replaced by Holly Madison.^[10]

Charity work[link]

In July 2009, Monaco and several other daytime celebrities traveled to Kenya, Africa as a part of the Feed the Children program, delivering food and other supplies and visiting schools and orphanages built by Feed the Children.^[11][12]

On October 24, 2009, as part of the iParticipate campaign, Monaco and several of her General Hospital co-stars volunteered to help beautify a school in Los Angeles.^[13]

Personal life[link]

She was born to Albert "Al" and Carmina Monaco. Monaco has 4 sisters; Christine, Marissa, Carmina and Amber.^[14]

Monaco was in an 18-year relationship with her high school sweetheart, Michael Gonzalez, which began when she was 15 years old.^[15] They broke up in 2009,^[15] but Kelly was still mourning the loss of the long, but "toxic relationship", and Monaco's General Hospital costar Kirsten Storms counseled her through her feelings by convincing her to burn her prom dress in the premiere episode of Dirty Soap, a reality television series on which they both appear.^[16]

On April 25, 2009, Monaco's apartment at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino was ransacked by burglars.^[17] On September 8, 2009, Merrill Wetter was sentenced to 12 to 30 months in jail after pleading guilty with no contest after being caught by surveillance tape. Wetter is to pay Monaco a reported $5,000 restitution, a $25 court fee as well as $150 DNA Fee.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kelly Monaco at the Internet Movie Database
• Kelly Monaco at Playboy.com